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1962.AUT.0150th Anniversary of Austrian Scouting
Austria·1962
50th Anniversary of Austrian Scouting
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1962.AUT.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Austria (AUT)
- Year
- 1962-10-05
- Event
- 50th Anniversary of Austrian Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Adalbert Pilch
- Printer
- State Printing Works
- Process
- Engraving
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 14½ × 13¾
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 962.20
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- AT 684
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- AT 1122
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- AT 960
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- AT 1388
History
Austria issued a 1.50-schilling stamp in Vienna on 5 October 1962 for the fiftieth anniversary of Austrian Scouting. Adalbert Pilch's engraved design shows a white fleur-de-lis above a left-handed scout handshake, under the heading 50 Jahre Pfadfinderbewegung in Österreich with the anniversary years 1912–1962.
Three million copies were printed in panes of 50. Engraver Georg Wimmer; State Printing Works; line engraving; perforated 14½ × 13¾. Black proof impressions and an imperforate printing are also recorded.